# \[Bug\] Princess Elspeth suicide **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [January 23, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bug-princess-elspeth-suicide/18821 "2017-01-23T15:21:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Youdz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/youdz/32/16683_2.png) [@Youdz](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Youdz)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bug-princess-elspeth-suicide/18821/1 "2017-01-23T15:21:46Z")
**What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened?** I was playing Explore, and my opponent was left with a lonely Princess Elspeth standing. She sacrificed herself, popping a brand new knight, but to my surprise the AI lost the battle even though it still had a troop alive. **What are the steps to make it happen again?** Have Princess Elspeth as the only troop on one side, and use her ability to sacrifice herself. **Do you have any screenshots or video you want to share with us so we can see the problem? Attach them to your post!** ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/c/1/c162bcd4e0811ba0383392a9a9c8ddb0e458d8c2.jpg) You can see on the screenshot I won, but my opponent still had a troop left. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskeyjack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/whiskeyjack/32/65850_2.png) [@Whiskeyjack](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Whiskeyjack)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bug-princess-elspeth-suicide/18821/2 "2017-01-23T15:55:13Z")
Can confirm, this happened to me also ---
**Author:** ![HootyMcOwlFace](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/hootymcowlface/32/34644_2.png) [@HootyMcOwlFace](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/HootyMcOwlFace)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bug-princess-elspeth-suicide/18821/3 "2017-04-24T15:13:05Z")
I was just about to create this exact same report - the same has just happened to me. ---
**Author:** ![RiD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rid/32/19245_2.png) [@RiD](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/RiD)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bug-princess-elspeth-suicide/18821/4 "2017-04-24T15:16:34Z")
That was going the entire past week, that’s how you win matches quickly, having the double traitstone. I found a lot of matches with that defense. ---
**Author:** ![htismaqe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/htismaqe/32/23893_2.png) [@htismaqe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/htismaqe)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bug-princess-elspeth-suicide/18821/5 "2017-04-24T15:34:30Z")
This has been around forever, since before Elspeth even I believe. Death procs before summon. As @Ariel said, it’s not a bug. ---
**Author:** ![Ariel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ariel/32/17124_2.png) [@Ariel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ariel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bug-princess-elspeth-suicide/18821/6 "2017-04-24T16:26:39Z")
**It’s not a bug.** The win condition the computer checks for at every step is “Opponent has zero troops? Y/N” When Elspeth kills herself, the opponent has zero troops. Also: [http://community.gemsofwar.com/search?q=elspeth%20category%3A10](http://community.gemsofwar.com/search?q=elspeth%20category%3A10) ---
**Author:** ![netwizard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/netwizard/32/35338_2.png) [@netwizard](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/netwizard)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bug-princess-elspeth-suicide/18821/7 "2017-04-24T16:59:39Z")
Please don’t fix this. People set a single Elspeth for defence in PvP - and I enjoy farming those teams. Very quick gold, glory, trophy farming! ---
**Author:** ![SiderisAnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SiderisAnon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/SiderisAnon)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 9:50am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bug-princess-elspeth-suicide/18821/8 "2017-04-25T09:50:54Z")
I can also confirm this bug. ---
**Author:** ![htismaqe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/htismaqe/32/23893_2.png) [@htismaqe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/htismaqe)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bug-princess-elspeth-suicide/18821/9 "2017-04-25T13:31:45Z")
It’s not a bug as @Ariel pointed out. It’s the sequence that certain status conditions are checked within the code. Death comes before summon. ---
**Author:** ![Clark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/clark/32/29631_2.png) [@Clark](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bug-princess-elspeth-suicide/18821/10 "2017-04-25T16:36:31Z")
This is not a bug, this is a feature…🙂 Featuring fast PvP wins! ---
**Author:** ![Feihung](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/feihung/32/19004_2.png) [@Feihung](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Feihung)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bug-princess-elspeth-suicide/18821/11 "2017-04-26T13:11:14Z")
I dunno. Feels like a bug to me. If my last troop standing is Elspeth and I want to suicide in hopes of summoning a more effective troop, that shouldn’t end the match as a loss, IMO.